Sanusi bags Africa Central Bank governor of the year award

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has been conferred with the 2013 Africa Central Bank Governor of the year award.
This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by Ugochukwu Okoroafor, Director of Communications, Central Bank of Nigeria.
The statement said the award was conferred on Sanusi at the seventh African Banker Awards gala dinner, which held on Wednesday at the Taj Palace, Marrakech, Morocco.
Omar Ben Yedder, Publisher, African Banker, said the award committee recognised Sanusi’s outstanding work in the past years in sustaining banking reforms in Nigeria.
The statement commended Sanusi for ensuring stability in macro economy, protecting the independence of the central bank and enhancing many aspects of Nigerian banking and adoption of new technologies for financial inclusion.
It also lauded the governor for his continuous modernisation and more transparent disclosures, including adopting higher reporting standards for banks.
It said that the latter reforms were having an impact not only on the banking industry but on the country as a whole.
The statement said that Sanusi had been continuously singled out by many of his banking peers, international bankers, investors and development partners as a reformist governor with integrity, candour, energy and exceptional courage.
The recitation on Sanusi said in part: “There is no doubt that Africa’s improved reputation today is in large part owed to the achievements of leaders like you.
“Our event partners wholeheartedly cherish your exceptional contribution to the economic and social development of the African continent.”